Massive Kano
Black Dragon
One thing about me as a fighter game player is that I seem to instinctively gravitate toward a punishment based playstyle. This has been true ever since I started using Guile in SF2 back in 1991.
I want the opponent to come to me and do something unsafe that I can capitalize on. Jump in and get AAed, throw out an unsafe special and eat a combo, etc. I want to sit back in control and get my enjoyment from watching my fool of an opponent craft their own demise.
If you're familiar with the card game Magic: the Gathering, I always, always play blue. That should tell you all you need to know right there.
I run into issues when they refuse to cooperate. In other words, when I play someone else with the same tendencies I have. Matchups with even remotely skilled Noob and Sektor (damn teleport on reaction) players are extremely frustrating for me.
So I need tips. Here are some specific issues I'm having:
1. When I get in close and go to throw out an attack, I almost always seem to eat one myself a split second before mine comes out. Like clockwork. It's annoying as hell. Does this seem to happen to anybody else? And what can I do to work on it? This is even worse against fast mofos like Sonya, of course.
2. I've heard people talk about tick throwing, but I can't figure out how to pull it off with Kano. A tick throw is when you toss out a poke and then throw while the opponent is still in blockstun, no? Because I can't seem to pull this off. There's always seems to be enough of a gap between my poke and my throw for the enemy to retaliate, either with a throw or poke or their own or a really fast special.
3. F+3, B+2 is disappointing me in particular. Again, I'm getting hit myself during the startup for F+3, which seems to take forever. This leads me to overuse B+1, 1, 2, which seems to get blocked most of the time when I'm not using it to punish.
I want the opponent to come to me and do something unsafe that I can capitalize on. Jump in and get AAed, throw out an unsafe special and eat a combo, etc. I want to sit back in control and get my enjoyment from watching my fool of an opponent craft their own demise.
If you're familiar with the card game Magic: the Gathering, I always, always play blue. That should tell you all you need to know right there.
I run into issues when they refuse to cooperate. In other words, when I play someone else with the same tendencies I have. Matchups with even remotely skilled Noob and Sektor (damn teleport on reaction) players are extremely frustrating for me.
So I need tips. Here are some specific issues I'm having:
1. When I get in close and go to throw out an attack, I almost always seem to eat one myself a split second before mine comes out. Like clockwork. It's annoying as hell. Does this seem to happen to anybody else? And what can I do to work on it? This is even worse against fast mofos like Sonya, of course.
2. I've heard people talk about tick throwing, but I can't figure out how to pull it off with Kano. A tick throw is when you toss out a poke and then throw while the opponent is still in blockstun, no? Because I can't seem to pull this off. There's always seems to be enough of a gap between my poke and my throw for the enemy to retaliate, either with a throw or poke or their own or a really fast special.
3. F+3, B+2 is disappointing me in particular. Again, I'm getting hit myself during the startup for F+3, which seems to take forever. This leads me to overuse B+1, 1, 2, which seems to get blocked most of the time when I'm not using it to punish.